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Decimetre

{

Dec′i-meˊter

,

Dec′i-meˊtre

}

,

Noun.

[F.

décimètre

; pref.

déci-

tenth (fr. L.

decimus

) +

mètre

. See

.]

A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches.

Definition 2024

decimetre

decimetre

See also: décimètre and deci-metre

English

Alternative forms

(US) decimeter

Noun

decimetre ‎(plural decimetres)

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹ metres.
- 1956, C. van Duijn, Diseases of Fishes, page 149:
  If the aquarium is placed where it receives insufficient daylight, artificial lighting by means of ordinary incandescent lamps should be employed. For good plant growth 2 decalumens of luminous flux per square decimetre of water surface […]

Synonyms

dm, ㍷
decim

Translations

one-tenth of a metre

Armenian: դեցիմետր (hy) ‎(decʿimetr)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 分米 ‎(fan¹ mai⁵, fan¹ mai¹), 公寸 ‎(gung¹ cyun³)

Hakka: 分米 ‎(fûn-mí), 公寸 ‎(kûng-chhun)

Mandarin: 分米 (zh) ‎(fēnmǐ), 公寸 (zh) ‎(gōngcùn)

Min Nan: 分米 ‎(hun-bí), 公寸 ‎(kong-chhùn)
Czech: decimetr (cs) m
Esperanto: decimetro
Finnish: desimetri
French: décimètre (fr) m
Galician: decímetro (gl) m
German: Dezimeter (de)
Greek: δεκατόμετρο (el) n ‎(dekatómetro)
Hebrew: דצימטר (he) ‎(detzimet'er)
Hungarian: deciméter (hu)

Ido: decimetro (io)
Interlingua: decimetro
Italian: decimetro (it) m
Japanese: デシメートル ‎(deshimētoru)
Lao: ເດຊີແມັດ (lo) ‎(dē sī mæt)
Latin: decimetrus
Malay: desimeter
Polish: decymetr m
Portuguese: decímetro (pt) m
Russian: дециме́тр (ru) m ‎(decimétr)
Spanish: decímetro (es) m
Swedish: decimeter (sv)
Tagalog: kapulpanukat
Telugu: డెసీమీటరు ‎(ḍesīmīṭaru)
Thai: เดซิเมตร (th)
Vietnamese: đêximet

Anagrams

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